Hand-operating gate.



No. 896,648- PATENTED AUG. 18, 1908. J. O. MARKS.

HAND OPERATING GATE.

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J. O. MARKS.

HAND OPERATING GATE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 17, 1907.

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JACOB O. MARKS, OF KINGMAN, INDIANA.

HAND-OPERATING GATE.

Application filed April 17, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J A0013 0. MARKs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kingman, in the county of Fountain and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand-OperatingGates; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in gates and moreparticularly to that class'known as farm gates, and my object is toprovide means for readily opening or closing the gate.

A further object is to extend operating means a distance from each sideof the gate and arrange the same so that the gate may be operated from avehicle or other conveyance.

A further object is to provide means for holding the gate againstlateral or swinging movement.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and moreparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are made a part of this applicationFigure 1 is a perspective view of my improved gate and operatingmechanism therefor and Fig. 2 is a sectional view as seen from line 22Fig. 1, the operating mechanism being shown in elevation.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views 1 indicates a gatewhich may be of the usual or any preferred form, and in this instance Ihave shown the gate as consisting of a frame 2 having suitable bracearms 3 and for forming the body of the gate I have shown the usual formof-woven wire 1. The gate is adapted to extend across a driveway, and inorder to readilyopen or close the gate, I have provided means for bodilyelevating the gate and moving the same longitudinally to open and closethe same, and to this end I provide anchor posts 5 and 6, which areseated in the ground, and spaced a distance apart so that the gate canfreely pass between the anchor posts. Secured to the anchor posts andextending upwardly therefrom are auxiliary posts 7 and 8 respectivelywhich are preferably formed of angle iron, though they may Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 18, 1908.

SerialNo. 368,684.

be constructed of any other suitable material.

The auxiliary posts are secured together at their upper ends by means ofa plate 9 so that said auxiliary posts will be substantially rigidthroughout their length. Extending through the posts 5 and 6 are bolts10 and 11 respectively, upon the inner ends of which are pivotallymounted arms 12 and 13 said arms extending at each side of the gate andto the upper edge thereof and secured to the upper rail of the frame 2by passing a pin 14 through the upper ends of the arms and through abearing 15 secured to the upper rail of the frame 2, said bearing beinglocated on the frame at a point slightly in the rear of the longitudinalcenter of the gate, thereby directing the arms at an angle to thehorizontal when the gate is in its open or closed position.

In order to hold the gate from tilting when being swung to its open orclosed position I provide a pair of auxiliary arms 16 and 17 the lowerends of which are pivotally secured to auxiliary anchor posts 18 and 19respectively, which are located at the proper distance in the rear ofposts 5 and 6, while the upper ends of said auxiliary arms are pivota ysecured to a bearing 20 on the upper portion of the rear end of thegate, said auxiliary arms being at the same angle as the arms 12 and 13so that said arms will operate in unison.

In order to readily and easily elevate the gate and move the samelongitudinally, I secure to the arms 12 and 13, and at a point adjacenttheir longitudinal center, a clevis 21 to the connecting bar 22 of whichis secured an eye 23, said eye in turn receiving one end of a pair ofcables 24 and 25, said cables passing between a pair of guide rollers 26which are rotatably mounted between the upper ends of the auxiliaryposts 7 and 8.

The cables 24 and 25 after passing between the guide rollers 26 areextended over sheaves 27 and 28 respectively, said sheaves beingprovided with circumferential grooves in which the cables rest, and asthe sheaves are mounted respectively upon the auxiliary posts 7 and Sand the cables passed between the meeting edges of the sheaves, theouter ends of said cables will be extended in opposite directions andone at each side of the gate, and in order to readily operate thecables, I provide levers 29 and 30, the cable The sheaves 27 and 28 arerotatably mounted upon the axles 33, the inner ends of which are fixedto the plate 9 while the outer ends thereof are supported by means ofbrackets 34, and in order to prevent the cable from casual displacementfrom the sheaves the cables are directed once around the sheaves, andguards 35 are provided and extended upwardly from the plate 9 and curvedover the upper edge of the sheaves so that that portion of the cablesextending between the sheaves and levers will be positively guided intothe circumferential grooves while that portion of the cables between thesheaves and clevis is held in alinement with the grooves by means of theguide rollers 26, and also by so locating the sheaves that theirperipheral edges will substantially contact each other. It will now beseen that, when it is desired to open the gate, by giving a downwardpull upon either of the pull rods 32 the gate will be elevated and swungrearward between the auxiliary posts, and by giving the pull rod a sharpull to direct the gate beyond the center 0' gravity, said gate will beremoved from over the driveway and located in the rear of the auxiliaryposts, and it will likewise be seen that a similar pull upon either ofthe pull rods will close the gate.

After the gate has been closed the forward end thereof is held againstlateral movement by being directed into a cavity 36 in a keeper I 0st37, and in order to positively guide the forward end of the gate intothe cavity, I secure to the keeper post a pair of curved fingers 38 oneat each side of the cavity so that as the gate is moving forwardlyacross the driveway, the forward end of the gate will enter between saidfingers, and be positively guided into the cavity 36.

It will now be seen that I have provided a very cheap and economicalmeans for opening and closing the gate and one that can be readilyinstalled and used in connection with any preferred form of gate.

What I claim is A gate of the character described, comprising uprightsright angled in cross section arranged at its rear end, parallelswinging bars having their upper ends pivotally connected to a pointslightly above the gate, a bearing or bracket secured to the gatetopbar, a pin passed through an upperend eye formation of said bracketor bearing and through the corresponding ends of said swinging bars,additional parallel swinging bars fulcrumed distantly beyond the rearend of said gate and having their upper ends also extending slightlyabovethe gate and in like manner connected thereto at that end,

right-angled lug plates connected to said uprights, gate actuatinglevers pivoted to said JACOB O. MARKS.

Witnesses: J. T. CARTER,

Jos. C. SANDERS.

